Man who let two dogs starve fined less than penalty for not having permit

A MAN who allowed two dogs to starve was yesterday fined €50 — €10 less than he would have been had he been prosecuted for not having licences for the animals.

Patrick Doogue of Dereen Heights, Carlow, pleaded guilty at Carlow District Court to the charges and gave an undertaking that he would not keep animals again.

Speaking after the case, SPCA dog warden Brendan Hughes, said he was dismayed at the fine.